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paulkienitz

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6. England at that time was a rather literal shithole.

Reply to SHRED (Original post)

Wed Jul 17, 2019, 01:59 PM

Jul 2019

One of the excellent reasons to emigrate to the colonies was the fact that cities like London were overrun with diseases, many of which were spread by poor sanitation and lack of sewers.

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Sh*thole Country [View all] SHRED Jul 2019 OP

Perfect. dalton99a Jul 2019 #1

It's too bad DENVERPOPS Jul 2019 #10

This: panader0 Jul 2019 #28

Good one DENVERPOPS Jul 2019 #29

Love it ... great CatMor Jul 2019 #2

Too bad they didn't listen to the Native American. democratisphere Jul 2019 #3

This. Different Drummer Jul 2019 #18

For some relief, you should watch Hogan's Heroes. CaptYossarian Jul 2019 #27

Right now I am more concerned with our shithole presidency. Sneederbunk Jul 2019 #4

Funny (not ha-ha funny) that so many of these countries are the way they are because of us. CCExile Jul 2019 #5

You are correct. And Americans are not conscious of this, even the "educated" DemocracyMouse Jul 2019 #7

You are right. murielm99 Jul 2019 #12

England at that time was a rather literal shithole. paulkienitz Jul 2019 #6

That's not why they came. maxsolomon Jul 2019 #11

yes, religion was more important than anything. Too bad we demigoddess Jul 2019 #14

Also, "Britain had been shipping convicts to America for decades before Kind of Blue Jul 2019 #15

Wasn't a good portion of the colony of Georgia a penal colony? geardaddy Jul 2019 #22

I guess so. But what I understood was Georgia was intended as a penal colony Kind of Blue Jul 2019 #24

My ancestor was kicked out of England Blue_playwright Jul 2019 #33

Wow! Proves the jail alternative must have been a living hell. Kind of Blue Jul 2019 #35

only a smallish portion of the people who settled the colonies went for religious reasons. paulkienitz Jul 2019 #23

the Puritans in the meme did. maxsolomon Jul 2019 #25

Post removed Post removed Jul 2019 #17

Yes, definitely one of the reasons. Kind of Blue Jul 2019 #19

Probably the impression of the Native Americans who saw the first pilgrims DFW Jul 2019 #8

Beat me to it! Aussie105 Jul 2019 #31

Now that's a Thanksgiving day to celebrate. tclambert Jul 2019 #9

Rec X ♾ denbot Jul 2019 #13

Right on! nt iluvtennis Jul 2019 #16

Brilliant!! Pepsidog Jul 2019 #20

A disaster to the globe zentrum Jul 2019 #21

But instead the Great Black Elk said after visiting New York in 1886 Kind of Blue Jul 2019 #26

Excellent!!! US4u2 Jul 2019 #32

Welcome to DU, US4u2! Kind of Blue Jul 2019 #36

This message was self-deleted by its author Aussie105 Jul 2019 #30

From my posting several days back packman Jul 2019 #34

had to kick this Maru Kitteh Jul 2019 #37

K & R malaise Jul 2019 #38